The Brookhaven leader., 1887-02-17
BROOKHAVEN, MISS.
The Best and Most Attractive
Town on the /. C. Rail-
road South of Jackson.
Its Location, Size, Healthfulness,
and other Points of Interest
which the Stranger Wishes
to Know.

the illinois Central Railroad, l2J miles
north of New Orleans, 80 miles south
of Jackson. the State Capital. and 1856
miles south of Chicago. 1t is 800 feet
above tidewater. and is the highest
point on the Illinois Central Railroad
between the Gulf of Mexico and Holly
Springs, Miss. 200 m les to the north.
1t is the county site of Lincoln county.
where all county business is transacted.
and is the only town in the county ex-
cept Bogue Chitoo, a small place situated
en- miles south. The corporate limits
embrace a square mile, of which the
railroad depot is the centre. Its streets
are we'll paved with brick and gravel.
and such a thing as mud and slush Is
hardly known. Many of the streets
are lined with water oak and other
shade trees. and the ra lroad park forms
an attractive feature of Railroad sy-
| rnue The houses of the city are well
built and substantial Those in the
business district are mainly of brick,
while the residences are uniformly
frame. and many of them quite stately
and handsome. Quite number of
| handsome new residences and business
houses have been erected during the
past two years, and many others en-
larged or otherwise improved.
| business Aspect.
The business of Brookhaven is of a
staple and promising chara ter. The
record Will show that there have been
fewer failures among her business men
than in any other town OF ike size in
the State. 1t is the market and trading
point of a majority OF the people OF the
county. as well as very large proportion
! from Franklin, Jefferson aud Lawrence
counties. The different business and
rietiy summed up as follows: Twen-
ty-tiye general mercantile houses; three
Irug stores; three millinery stores; two
bakeries; four hote and two Eoarding
| houses; two restaurants and fancy gro
Gerry stores; one undertaken and hard
| ware store; one store and tin house; one
furniture house; three boot and shoe
makers; two dental Offices; one photo
graph gallery; two newspapers; one
jeweler; four phys clans; seven lawyers
two insurance agencies; ono foundry;
one machnist and general repairer
one blacksmith shop an one blacksmith
and wagon shop; two livery staoles
six carpenters; three BARRIERS. one mar .
ket house, and one real es ate agency.
A number of our mercantile houses
carry stocks which in size, variety anu
quality. compare favorably with those
of places of much greater size. The
saw mills of the county. W tn their hun
Ircds of employees and dependents, and
the sturdy agrcu tural population. W II
sustain and continu lily INC. ease our
commercial Importance.
Iopu alton q d Property Valuation.
BY the census of 1880, the total pop
ulation within the city is shown to be-
l,6l5-the whites being largely in the
major ty. At this time the number will
not fall below 1000. and if we except
the manufacturing town of Wesson,
ten miles north, it is the largest of any
town on the Illinois Central between
New Orleans and jackson. AS a rule,
the people are intelligent highly cul-
tured, industrious. social and hoSpita-
bIs. Nearly all OF the foreign popula
on of the county is concen rated here,
embracing a number of different ma
Qualities, but all harmonizing and
mingling together as citizens of a COM
mon country without the least discord.
The jewish is the preponder, ng foreign
element, and here rs elsewhere its rep
resentatives are numbered among our
most responsible. energetic and public
spirited mer hants and business men.
Our town does not show a rapid in
crease of wealth, but its growth is
steady and healthy. The assessed val-
uat on of property for 1886 is as fol
lows: Realty. S-59,020; personally,
$177.992; total. $437, ,016.
The financial status of the city is ex
cellent 1t is ont of debt and its war
rants at par. Neither are taxes exorb-
liant. the levy for 1856 being u mills.
including school tax.
All the business port on of the city is
provided with large publ C cisterns, and
q good hand-engine and hook and lad
der apparatus, operated by four COM
panies of well organized volunteer fire.
men, furnish reasonable safety from
the destruct on OF the fire tiend.
Soc ETY., schools and Churches.
Brookhaven has ever been noted for
the beauty of her women and the g.i-
lantry of her men. and in point of in-
telligence. culture and animation
her society circles will compare favog a.
bly, with those of any other commun ty.
Bishop q. b. Galloway. OF the Nj. E
Church. South: Hon. j. B. Chrisman.
Judge of the Tenth Jude District;
Hon. j: F. Sessions, President of the
Mississippi Railroad Comm ssion; Pres
ident Ftzhugh. of Whitworth College
and many others of high social position
and intelligence reside here.
With schools our city is highly fav-
ored Fnss and foramost of these ID